How the 'Inventing Anna' Cast Looks Compared to Their Real-Life Counterparts

Netflix's Inventing Anna tells a version of the Anna Delvey/Anna Sorokin Soho Grifter story in the form of a limited series. And while the show makes some choices narratively and tonally that are a little bit...off, one thing it generally does very well is cast good actors in good roles. Ozark star Julia Garner doesn't normally look like Sorokin, but she really transforms into the fake heiress for the series—once you get used to that accent, it's all smooth sailing. Arian Moayed, best known as Stewy from HBO's Succession, is similarly charismatic and great as Todd Spodek, Anna's lawyer, even if he doesn't entirely look like the real guy.

Most of the cast follows suit. Even if Inventing Anna ends up losing you a bit with its questionable character motivations, occasionally strange framing of events, and #Girlboss-ification of its main character, many of the performances are good enough to keep you pressing play on the next episode until the very end.

And as you can see when looking side-by-side, the show's casting, wardrobe, and make-up teams all did a bang-up job, because these characters really do wind up looking like their real-life counterparts. Below, you can see a number of the characters in Inventing Anna, compared to the actor portraying them—and where else you may know that actor from before.